Inside stay for shoes



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J. WALDEN. INSIDE STAY FOR SHOES.

No. 810,340. Patented Jan. 6, 18-E 35.

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JOSEPH IVALDEN, OF ORANGE, NEIV JERSEY.

INSIDE STAY FOR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,340, dated January 6,1885.

Application filed March 24,1884.

To an whom it may concern Be it known that I, J osnrn \V-ALDEN, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improved Inside Stay forShoes, of which the following is a specification.

The inside stays which have heretofore been used, except in ladies fine shoes, have been made of an inferior and cheap leather, or of a piece of woven material of uniform width from top to bottom, about three-quarters of an inch wide. In. ladies fine shoes a fine white leather stay has been used. The woven material used, being manufactured of even width and narrow, does not protect the lining of the shoe from wearing out, and it soon becomes worn, especially that portion which is below the counter, so called. All dressed leathers have a considerable-amount of acid in them, and when used as an inside stay for shoes the leather soon shrivels by reason of the moisture from the foot. Unless the best of leather is used a leather stay stains the stocking. The inside stay invented by me is made of woven material, and is tapering in shape toward the bottom from a point at or near the counter of the-shoe, and its narrower end forms the loop. This loop, together with the edges of the stay from top to bottom, is

folded, which very much strengthens theloop and prevents the raveling of the stay. The loop being of one piece with the stay cannot be torn off. A leather loop needs to be of (No model.)

prime leather. Such leather, if used for a stay, would add very considerably to the cost of the shoe. The quality generally used would not be good enough for aloop. Isaturate the stay with a solution to render it impervious tr; moisture, and thereby make it more durab e.

My invention provides a stay which can safely be worn inside of any shoe, protects the lining, furnishes a loop which cannot be pulled off, and the edges being folded all the way down from top to bottom and pressed into a single thickness the stay is not liable to be come raveled.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved stay. Fig. 2 shows the stay looped at the end. Fig. 3 shows the looped stay applied to thelining of the shoe.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, an inside stay for shoes, made of woven material, and

having a folded edge and tapering from top to bottom, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, an inside stay for shoes, made of woven material,waterproofed, as set forth, and having a folded edge and tapering from top to bottom, substantially as described.

. JOSEPH IVALDEN;

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. MEYER, CHARLES L. Dreams. 

